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N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blank paper cover with brown wrapper lettered in white. The name "Viola" on the wrapper is rubbed and hard to read. This version was arranged by Frank Vernon and presented by Miss Viola Allen and her company at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Dec. 26, 1904. Wrapper has half-inch tear at foot of spine. Previous owner's name. No other writing or damage..

N.Y.: A.W. Lovering, 1887 Book. Illus. by Various. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Brown endpapers. Front hinge of Volume 2 is badly broken, with many of the other volumes having lightly cracked hinges. No writing. Edges in red. A handy pocket size. Approx. 500 pp. each volume..

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1928 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Published 1928. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original yellow cloth on boards. A future-oriented play set in 1950, dealing with the prospect of Chemical Warfare. 128 pp. Previous owner's name..

Lyon: De L'imprimerie D'amable Le Roy, 1791 Book. Fair to Good. Soft cover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original brown soft cover. Untrimmed edges. Text in French. Plays written between 1657 and 1673, the year Moliere died during the fourth performance of Le Malade Imaginaire. L'e Cole des Maris, Les Precieuses Ridicules, George Dandin ou Le Mari Confondu, Le Malade Imaginaire, Le Sicilien ou L'amour Peintre. All are comedies, the last being a comedie-ballet. No writing or marks. First four leaves starting to split about an inch from head and foot of spine, but all in one piece and easily readable with care. The oldest soft cover we've had ! 304 pp..

Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good Plus. Soft cover. Authorized Edition. 9 1/2 x 10 Oblong. Original pictorial colour card covers. Some corner wrinkles and age toning. Text takes Shirley through a "typical" day, from her home to the studio, to lunch with Mother in her own four-room bungalow, a nap, "school" with her private teacher, then home, where she waits for Daddy to get home from his work at the bank. They play croquet before dinner, and after the meal there is always a story. In the summer, older brothers George and Jack are home from university and military school, so they might invite Shirley for some football. 32 stapled pages..

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1936 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good Plus. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 6 1/4 x 7 3/4. Original soft cover with photo montage. First person text by eight-year-old Shirley, with several photos which include Mother, Father, Irvin Cobb, Gary Cooper, Jack Haley, and "Mary Lou", a current stand-in. Staples rusty, but no writing or other damage. All text and photos are complete and easily legible. 16 pp. including covers..

N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1946 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Trade Paperback. Canadian School Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original pale grey card covers lettered and decorated in black. The plot centres on a student who is expelled from a naval academy before WWI, in London. Notes and questions for students by Enid A. McGregor. Previous owner's name in pencil. 94 pp..

N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fifth Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth with bright gilt lettering on boards. Thanks to Emma Goldman's critique in The Social Significance of the Modern Drama, I have discovered a critically important play. After punching it up on Google, I spent several minutes questioning my own attitudes toward poverty and panhandlers. Perhaps it will do the same for you - or a miserly friend. This book is perfectly clean and sound, and would make a thought-provoking gift to any thinking person. 80 pp..

London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1897 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Drawings. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original deep blue-green cloth lettered in black on boards. Minor abrasion and fading to spine, otherwise good plus. 126 pp..

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1960 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Second Impression with Corrections. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. DJ has one short closed tear. Sequel to The Poet in the Theatre. Peacock puts forward a theory of art images and their relation to experience, and then examines characteristic "intertextures" of imagery and language. - DJ. Light foxing and DJ soil. 263 pp. with index..

Toronto: Macmillan, 1968 Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original orange paper boards, no DJ. A group of 10 plays suitable for classroom production, from Robert Arthur's Moon-Up to Shirley Jackson's The Lottery. Ex-school library, with card pocket removed card and stamps. Small piece of surface of cover repaired. Clean and unmarked. 274 pp..

N.Y.: Brentano's, 1926 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Fifth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark green cloth on boards with pastedown spine label. DJ has chilpping all around, and small piece missing on lower right. Nearly 80 pp. Preface, as well as the script. Minor pencil notes on prelims. and P.O.N., OW very good. 163 pp..

N.Y.: Harper, 1894 Book. Illus. by Smedley, W.T.. Good Minus. Decorative Cloth. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original thin off-white cloth on boards, no DJ. Harper's Black&White Series. 1894 issue of the 1891 copyright. Hinge repair at page 24, still Good Minus. Seven full-page line drawings by Smedley. 68 pp. plus ads..

N.Y.: Appleton-Century, 1934 Book. Good. Original Cloth. Students' Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One of the Appleton Modern Plays, with a study guide for the screen version of the play. This is believed to be the first appearance of the study guide. Grey cloth cover shows mildew residue along right edge, and there is a bookplate. Pages are evenly browned. 64 pp..

N.Y.: R.F. Fenno and Co., 1897 Book. Illus. by Photos from the Play. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth with two large irises on boards. No DJ. The play was first mounted in Washington, D.C., on 13 Sept., 1897, at the newly-built Lafayette Square Opera House. Two weeks later it opened on Broadway at either the Olympia Theatre Lyric or the Empire (Our sources conflict). We have identified the lead characters as Maude Adams, who played the Gypsy girl, Babbie Watt, and Robert Edeson, who played the Little Minister, Gavin Dishart, from the eight photos in the book. Several others are shown of the total cast of 16. The Washington opening was on a very hot night. Since the photos show no evidence of discomfort, they must have been taken at a rehearsal, or perhaps at the Broadway site some time after the Washington performance. Filmed in 1921 and again in 1934, it is an enduring story of "impossible" romance, dear to the… Leer más